Nursery enjoyed tasting Spanish tapas on Monday as part of their celebrations for the European Day of Languages. The children also took part in lots of activities that involved rojo and amarillo (red and yellow!) including colour sorting and painting Spanish flags.

We have returned after the holiday to find the men hard at work building our new outdoor play area.

It came together very quickly and was completed on Friday afternoon ready for the new week ahead. How exciting, and the children have now got a fabulous outdoor play area that they can enjoy all year round. We'll post more pictures next week of them exploring their new surroundings both indoor and out!!

What have we been up to in Nursery

This week we have completed our journey through 'Ten Town' and therefore there have been many number activities on offer.

This little boy is sorting numbers........

...........and these boys are weighing and balancing numbers!

We've been making numbers with playdough........

.........and a washing line with Ten Town vests to hang in order! (not sure they're in the right order yet!!)

Looks like the 'Theiving three' vest is dry!

This little girl is writing numbers 0-10 with help from Mr England (he is from Sutton College and will be with us each Friday morning for work experience to support his applications to universities to study teaching).

On 'Eric Eight's' day, we had some sheets to cut..........

........and a race track shaped (sort of) in the shape of a number 8!

As Eric Eight is a snowman, we made snowmen sweets from marsh mallows, chocolate buttons, icing and strawberry laces!

These children are aiming 'snowballs' through a hoop! (I love the tenous links!!)

..........and we had coconut in the water tray because it looks like snow!!!

What have we been up to in Nursery?

Even though it poured with rain, we were not going to have our spirits dampened and, in true Whitehouse Common style, we soldiered on with our Bikeathon. Here are some pictures of the morning and afternoon children pedalling and scooting to raise money for our new role play sheds that will be erected in the Nursery playground.

.........and we were off.......

Mom's helped out as well!

In the afternoon, we used the Nursery playground as there were less children, but the same amount of effort went into it!

Well done to all the children. The sponsor money has come in thick and fast and so far we have raised just over £300. What a fantastic effort.

Back inside the Nursery, we had spent the week learning about Elmer the Elephant to start our topic on colours. The children all helped to decorate a gigantic Elmer to display on the wall.